H&M to open first Philippine store next month

Swedish retail brand H&M is set to open its first store in the Philippines at the SM Megamall Fashion Hall next month, a source said. On its website, H&M said it will open its store in SM Megamall in autumn of 2014.

The first H&M store in the Philippines will occupy more than 3,000 square meters of space at the new wing of SM Megamall, Steven Tan, SM Supermalls Premier Division vice president for operations, had said when the new wing of SM Megamall was launched in January.

It will be the biggest retail store in the country except for the SM group’s own department store and supermarket, Tan said.

H&M will also open stores in SM North Edsa in Quezon City, Mall of Asia in Pasay City and SM Makati, but the SM malls will not exclusively carry the H&M brand in the Philippines, he added.

SM is also responsible for bringing to the country American fashion retailer Forever 21 and Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo.

The H&M Group has a total of six brands – H&M, And Other Stories, Cheap Monday, COS, Monki and Weekday – along with home interiors at H&M Home. It has 3,300 stores in 54 markets with total employees of 116,000 people.

Swedish retail brand H&M is set to open its first store in the Philippines at the SM Megamall Fashion Hall next month, a source said. On its website, H&M said it will open its store in SM Megamall in autumn of 2014.

The first H&M store in the Philippines will occupy more than 3,000 square meters of space at the new wing of SM Megamall, Steven Tan, SM Supermalls Premier Division vice president for operations, had said when the new wing of SM Megamall was launched in January.

It will be the biggest retail store in the country except for the SM group’s own department store and supermarket, Tan said.

H&M will also open stores in SM North Edsa in Quezon City, Mall of Asia in Pasay City and SM Makati, but the SM malls will not exclusively carry the H&M brand in the Philippines, he added.

SM is also responsible for bringing to the country American fashion retailer Forever 21 and Japanese clothing brand Uniqlo.

The H&M Group has a total of six brands – H&M, And Other Stories, Cheap Monday, COS, Monki and Weekday – along with home interiors at H&M Home. It has 3,300 stores in 54 markets with total employees of 116,000 people.